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I'm only 15. My dad, and all my teachers want me to look into a career. Now, for a long time, I've had an interest in dreaming and the subconscious mind. Does anyone know what kind of career could come from this? Maybe a dream scientist of some sort. Is anyone here in a career involving lucid dreams? Speaking of lucid dreams, I have some questions, so to the newbie section! Thanks for any help.
as far as a more traditional approach, dream and sleep studies are on the rise. there are many sub-divisions under the the general headings of psychology and neurology that have loads to do with sleep and dreams, and there are still many unanswered questions. as with most research fields, funding is usually difficult to come by, however. you will have to learn more about psychology and the brain in general to really appreciate what's going on during sleep. basically, if i were you, i would start looking into psychology and branch off from there.
as far as lucid dreaming in particular, many people write books about it and sell courses, audio, and workshops. people start websites, like this one. if you do a search of amazon there are numerous books on lucid dreaming and dreams. you need a decent combination of skill (business, writing, etc), luck, and hard work to be any type of entrepreneur and an LD enterprise would be the same. if i were to follow this direction, i would start reading every book, watching every video, and practicing my LDing skills very hard, as people don't really want advice from someone who isn't proficient in what they are teaching. (in fact i would do this as a beginning oneironaut anyhow...)
it would be important to note that surviving solely on an LD based career is probably very difficult. it would more than likely be something like a second job while you go to university or do research. as with anything, if you work hard and stick with it, it could be very rewarding on many fronts.
here are a few people that have a "career" in dreaming / LD:
Stephen_LaBerge
Ryan Hurd
Nicholas Newport
Psychology and neurology for the most part. Psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior, while also exploring the physiological and neurobiological processes that underlie certain functions and behaviors. Psychologists explore such concepts as perception, cognition, attention, emotion, phenomenology, motivation, brain functioning, personality, behavior, and interpersonal relationships. Some, especially depth psychologists, also consider the unconscious mind. Anyways, psychology has to do a lot with dreams and subsconsciousness.
P.S. Copied this from wiki :)
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